What are the system requirements for machines running Feature Analyst?
• Windows 2000 or XP • 1 GB of RAM or better • Free space on the hard drive that is at least three times the size of the image being processed • Microsoft .Net 2.0 Framework installed • 1.8 GHz or better processing speed The list below shows optimum specifications: • The maximum amount of RAM possible (usually 2 GB) • Dual-core processor if the machine is to be used for other tasks while Feature Analyst processing is taking place • ATA hard drive with RAID 0 Q: Will a dual processor speed up my Feature Analyst processes? A: It will not significantly speed up an extraction, but it will be useful if the machine is performing other tasks while Feature Analyst processes are running. Q: How is the Feature Analyst “on-the-fly” texture band created? A: Feature Analyst creates the texture band on the fly using a moving window. The variance in the pixels underlying the pattern are analyzed and the target pixel (the one in the center of the window) is assigned that variance value. Q: If I create
